Humza Yousaf has said he would be open to overhauling his plan to create a National Care Service if he becomes Scotland's next First Minister.
The ambitious scheme to centralise control of the country's social care provision has been fiercely criticised by local authorities, trade unions and opposition parties.
Yousaf, who has played a central role in the plan as health secretary, previously claimed it was the most ambitious healthcare reform since the creation of the NHS.